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Private Workshop Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Breakfast with Hildegard
with Tamara Last
Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen encouraged people to invite joy into daily routine through mindful rituals that addressed emotional challenges like brain-fog, rage, and forgetfulness. Start your...
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Bokashiponics
Bokashi: a nutritious wondertea or an overhyped fairytale?
We are investigating what it would take to turn our aquaponics system into a hydroponics system. The main question is where we will source our nutrients. We want our fertilizer to be as organic and...
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Questions
Mediamatic 40 years
Is the question of why you can't kick a dog but can eat a cow still relevant in 2024, we wondered in Mediamatic's office. Some colleagues think this question is going too far in public, others find...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
2Mar 2024Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Tamara Last to recreate the recipes of...
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Updates from the aquaponics
Bad news, good news: a critical examination of what happened in the greenhouse
The accident arises doubts on the ethic of this practice
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Neo Futurist Dinner 16, Britt Vendel
Aftermovie - Dinner of the Damned
October 2023
We were happy to welcome more than 750 guests in our 16th Neo Futurist Dinner. During this 5-course vegan dinner our guests were invited to embrace melancholy, dive into darkness and discover...
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Disclaimer: I’m nor a doctor or a nutritionist Laura Sanz Rosal
The 5 Holy Ingredients of The Dinner of the Damned
Explore the flavors of our inverted pentagram - Neo Futurist Dinner 16
The inverted pentagram, a symbol of the dark, the macabre, the unexpected, perhaps also a symbol of the Dinner of the Damned ? In this article I introduce you to the 5 Holy duos of this experience in...
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Crafting Joyful Wellness
A closer look at our Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy workshop
In a world constantly seeking answers to balance our modern minds, the wisdom of the past can often provide profound insights. Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy with Lynn Shore is a workshop that...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
3Dec 2023Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Lynn Shore to recreate the recipes of...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
18Nov 2023Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Tamara, teammate of Urban Herbology
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The Dinner of the Damned (Neo Futurist Dinner 16) – with Alice Héron and Martin Butler Laura Sanz Rosal
Where the damned come together
Getting to know Alice Héron and Martin Butler, an interview by Laura Sanz Rosal
Welcome to The Dinner of the Damned , a macabre feast where the dark souls come together. In this interview we introduce you to Alice Herón and Martin Butler , the multidisciplinary artists behind...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Hildegard von Bingen's Herbs of Joy
17Sep 2023Medieval abbess Hildegard von Bingen had solutions to help bring joy, whether a person felt low, empty, brained, full of rage or had memory difficulties. Join Lynn Shore to recreate the recipes of...
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mediamatic eten Justin Knelange
From Grandma's Kitchen to new Culinary Horizons
In conversation with our new head chef Panos Fakos
As a small boy, Panos was introduced to the world of spices and cooking by his loving grandmother. Food has always played a big role in his upbringing where his mother and her sister paved the path...
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Restaurant Mediamatic Eten
Serres Séparées
Our small glass greenhouses will once again provide a serene and memorable atmosphere for you to enjoy a meal with your loved ones. Serres Séparées is also about creating a beautiful fine dining...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Herbology of Japanese Knotweed
16Apr 2023Yes! You are now excited about Japanese Knotweed, just like us! You may have even found a patch of them close to you. What next? Learn the history and medicinal properties of Japanese knotweed, how...
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Workshop: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Herbology of Japanese Knotweed
30Apr 2023Yes, you are now excited about Japanese Knotweed just like us! You may even have found a patch of them close to you. What next? Learn the history and medicinal properties of Japanese Knotweed, how to...
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If you can't beat it, eat it!
What we can learn from the fate of the passenger pigeon
Flocks clouded the sky and cast a dark shadow over the land, stealing hours of daylight and sometimes days on end. This is not an exaggerated Hitchcock scene from ‘The Birds’ but rather a common...
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark Takako Hamano, Uno Fujisawa
EatArt Experience
29Apr 202330Apr 2023Experience the Japanese knotweed with your five senses in an intimate session of eating, smelling, feeling, and hearing the elements of the Japanese knotweed.
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Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Duizendknoop Kookshow
30Apr 20237May 2023Gratis groente! Altijd al willen leren hoe je thuis met Japanse duizendknoop kunt koken? 'De Duizendknoop Kookshow', gepresenteerd door social practice kunstenaar Pauline Wiersema gaat in...
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Mediamatic Eten Luna Thissen
The Dog Dinner v0.8
17Jan 2023Mediamatic has joined forces with academic and artist Eva Meijer to organise a dinner experience for dogs and their human companions. This is a report about our first internal beta test edition that...
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Salt tolerant plants in aquaponics
Exploring new plants as an adaptation strategy
As a part of our project ' Grain of Salt ' we are researching plant species that are more tolerant towards salty conditions. These plants have special mechanisms to withstand higher concentrations of...
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The green gold
Celebrating our Wasabi's 2nd birthday
After some cold and rainy months in aquaponics, we were overjoyed to see the first aquaponics plant in bloom. This early bloomer has got to be a bit of a diva, as most plants are not showing any...
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Closing the Tap
Turning to the canal to reduce our tapwater consumption
The goal is simple. We want to stop using clean tapwater to irrigate the plants at Dijkspark and instead use a watersource that may be considered unconventional: the canal. The common perception of...
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Festival: Mediamatic Biotoop Dijkspark
Japanese Knotweed Festival
Under European regulations, invasive exotic species are allowed to be radically eradicated. The City of Amsterdam, for example, is allocating 8 million euros to aggressively destroy Japanese knotweed.